Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-14
MARBLE NOUNTAiN.

Tho Great Marble Ledge At Gardiner
Four Hundred Feet Of tho Finest
Sculpture rarble - Rich Strike IN the
West tGraniso-General Mining Notes.
On The bar of the Elite there is q hand
some match stand, carved in marble from
a remarkable piece CT property in which
A. Weteteiu, the night bartender, is largely
Il comes from the mammoth
ledge OF marble that was discovered oppo-
site Gardiner, on the Upper Yellowstone,
about six months ago. This ledge is prob
ably the largest iepocio CT the finest mar.
bic in the United States, ii not in the
world. Though very little development
has been done. nough Of the ledge 70 visi.
bic to show that it is at least 400 feet
thick, and that it underlies RI area OF at
least GAO acres. most OF which has been To-
Gated by Mr. Wetstein and his partners.
The ledge is horiz INT Al, and tho tcp is COM
posed OF q few thin layers Of good worka-
layer OF the finest
SNOW WHITE scul r-cRr MARBLE,
fully equa! III the BEST Carrara. The rest
OF the 400 is in large layers CT the same
quality, AS proved by reports from sam.
pie. cent to New YORK sud elkew here. The
ledge is very conveniently situated for
working and shipping, being on the noun.
tain eide. close to the tcrsainus Ct ire Ma
tional Park Division VI the Northern Fa-
ciLic and "a the east side Of the Yellow.
stone, opposite tire mot:h u Tue Gai,i:Eer
River. These streams viii furnish the mo-
tive power for enough !nachineTy to cav
up the entire ia1ge. Several synd:c' tes OF
heavy capitalists hava cast longing eyes on
the pr oerty, ryhi:h viii. ia time furnish all
the interior empire with tombstones aud
statuary.
IuE: WEST GRANITE.
The Ph!ipsbnrg Mail speaks thus OF the
rev strike in the Vest Granite: This
new find, Uncovered for 4 distance OF fully
thirty feet. re eveais the undoubted fact that
the drift ;s Oh the top nf sn ore chimney.
the assays of which increase in value az
the heading pushes towards the East. The
ore is solid ami rings nndel the pick; car
ries ruby and nativa silver, specimens oil
which give the usual faheu,cue assays. An
average sample OF the two feet now show.
ing in tnc aoor of the sunpel gives an assay
of 80 ounces. The ore lies on the hang
ing wall side 81 the veir, whi": has mar
ron ed to bout seven feet ard trending, AS
rea. as can be judged. due east. The evi.
derce OF the Continuance and permanoncy
this strike arc hatterins in the extreme and
;t is tho hope OF everybody i'll the camp
that the West Granite has struck it for
keeps
NOTES.
Tha Clear Grit mine, or the management
thereof, are now engaged in pumping oGt
the water from the levsls With a view OF re-
sumrg operations at an earl: day.
Tne Husba ndmon Gays the SDowdrift
mine on Snow Creek, is IL bonanzn, the ore
bodies in it ranging up tc twenty lest wlde,
ard carving 200 ounces OF silver and IS
in gold per ton.
Sun River Sun: Reports como to US from
Augusta OF a rich FIND Of quartz IL me
mountains on the head OF Sun river. The
lead. which il sixty feet in width AID as
saws away up in the hon1rads, can be
traced for several ni;es, making il on: OF
the largest finds in Montana.
Mr.. Billiard, late foreman OF the Hope
min. at Phiiipsburg, and bis wife, we're re.
Gently presented With gold ~atcn ena
chain each, hy the employees OF the mine.
The Libby Creek country 's one oi me
future great mining districts. A thousand
Cinnamon vii! be at work Oh the piacefs
next spring, and somein menSe quartz lodss
have been discovered. The kr"'tefner's O
lead of lead carbonates, l21 feet "!Ge, a.
Saving 80 per cent. lead, 90 ouneee IN Sill
yer, and $25 in gold.